No.38895
I've found myself watching, and this thread is as much of a confession as much as anything, kids shows. It started off due to the threads we've had about Cardcaptor Sakura and Doremy, but then I realized after watching them that I was feeling…oddly good and optimistic about the world in general. It's weird, because on the one hand I hate watching this stuff because, well, it's so fucking stupid and vapid, but on the other hand I love watching it because it's so goddam relaxing and healing to the soul. I find myself questioning whether this entertainment is purposefully made this way, to emotionally manipulate individuals past a certain age into a state of depression.
Uhm, thanks for reading my blogpost? Otherwise, I guess share some younger-demographic anime you might be watching?
No.38896
Kids' shows are made by adults. It's natural you'd enjoy them as an adult. Japanese kids' shows are also assumed that the whole family will be watching while around on a Sunday so they are written to be entertaining to adults as well. Only small frontal lobe 'groids can't find value in a show about squeeky toys squeeking out over tasty cookies or prankster rabbit wizards. You're not a small frontal lobe 'groid, are you, to find such media "vapid"?
No.38897
>>38896Did I offend you? I'm sorry???
No.38900
>>38898>One of my main issues with kids' shows is that episodic monster-of-the-week-style plots are usually boring as hell.Yeah, this is what I mean when saying stupid/vapid. I agree, and often felt like I was just powering through that kind of stuff to get the "heartfelt" kick from these shows.
>I did like Aikatsu, although only watched about 30 episodes. I'm not sure you can say "only" when you've watched so many. It sounds nice, but I guess I've been apprehensive to the whole "idol" genre (although now that I've said that, I'm not sure why…). I might give it a shot.
No.38901
>>38900Idol shows, especially the shoujo-target-demographic ones, are definitely an acquired taste. Aikatsu and Pripara are both super girly and that's hard to digest for a lot of people.
Personally, they're the 'kids' anime I've found most enjoyable.
>when you've watched so manyThe first iteration alone of Aikatsu is like 180 episodes or something, and the sequels are marathons too lol. Kids have a lot of free time haha.
No.38904
I like the pokemon anime.
No.38909
>>38903I only watched that one movie with all that nice Yuasa animation and it was pretty good. Dose the series have a lot of moments with animators just going crazy?
No.38912
>>38903This is pretty wholesome. For some reason it reminds me of a Japanese Charlie Brown.
Anyways, I don't know if this counts, because it is a Finnish author, and although it's targeted for kids it's amazingly somber, but I guess it was animated by a Japanese studio…soooo…90s Moomins?
No.38914
>>38912just wish i could find more episodes in finnish with english subtitles
No.38915
Current Doraemon is a really good one, too.
No.38978
For me, it's Yu-Gi-Oh!
No.38980
>>38978Yu-Gi-Oh it's always fun to watch, even the weaker seasons
No.38983
>>38978I like Yugioh too but I prefer Season 0 since it had more games than just Duel Monsters.
No.38984
>>38983yeah, yugioh started off strong then it seems like they lost the plot (or just wanted to focus on one game for easy merchandising). isnt he supposed to be the king of game
s plural?
No.38985
>>38984yes but the card game got extremely popular so the author was asked to focus on it instead of on other games
No.39097
Why is it that kids media is typically full of optimism, moralization, hope, and good endings; but "adult" media is typically full of depressing, demoralizing, nihilistic, and bad endings?
No.39126
>>39097Skip to the last five or ten minutes of embed related to see what I mean.
Fuck "adult" media. It's poison.
No.39496
>>38903A bunch of episodes of the original series got subbed, they're pretty comfy.
No.40198
>>38895it's because they show legitimate utopian realities, where there is no tension, no evilness, where friendships are honest, characters are charming, and everything is solved at the end of the day.
you want to have friends like those ones.
I don't know if you could write a novel or a comic book for adults where the whole development is pleasant and has a happy ending, without tension.
but you can do that in kids' shows
No.40199
>>39126why do people spend their time listening to 1.5 hr youtube reviews
No.40201
>>40199I find it nice to hear about the thoughts a man has on something. Its length doesn't matter to me, I dont see why it would. I can pause the video and continue watching later. All I seem to do in this life is kill time anyways
No.40202
I have found that Kids movies can be surprisingly nuanced. I don't mean this in a pretentious way, but I like thinking about the themes and how they fit together. The Incredibles is an common example "kid kino" movie, have you guys ever watched a kids movie/show that had something for the adult brain to notice and munch on? why are kids shows like this? I feel like thers some kind of "purity" in kids media that allow for freedom to have underlying messages that go beyond "show to keep kids attention". if you take shows for older audiences, they have to inject normgroid things like relationships, drama, sex, hat have you. media made for adults are degraded into neurotypical trends while kids shows get to have more variation. what do I know
No.40204
>>40203Isn't it? I never watched it, but I thought it was too. It's like Star Wars, it's for kids, teens, and adult children.
No.40205
>>40204>Let's put a scene about reading the legalese of a long treaty and settling diplomatic affairs into a kids tv show.?????
No.40206
>>40205I've never seen it, I stated that. It's rated PG13, isnt it?
No.40207
>>40206Oh my god. If all of this is a consequence of the rating system, I think I could choke on a glass of water. Are people out there seriously thinking that because something is rated "PG" that that means that only kids should watch it?
No.40208
>>40202Because they aren't for children, they are for families. There is something in those movies for kids and adults.
No.40209
>>40207No. I think the rating is that it says its suitable for kids, which is a necessary but insufficent requirement for kids movies. Only kids care about movies though
No.40210
>>40209>Only kids care about movies thoughI'm not a kid, haven't been for over 3 months, and yet I care about movies. Last time I watched a movie, I cared real hard all over my desk. Evidently, you are wrong.
No.40212
>>40210adults can be kids, and you sound like a manchild
No.40221
>>38903I want to watch these. The old episodes I have found are probably VHS rips and have really muffled audio. I like the idea of watching old shows for listening practice but the audio quality makes me feel like I am deaf.
No.40222
>>40212>you sound like a manchildWelcome to Wizchan. Are you new?
No.40223
>>40222I wish I were new. Here since 2019
No.40226
Popotan thread
I see this anime recently, was a lot better that i spected
No.40228
>>402255 years is new here? Incredible, I'm sure you must have been here at least ten
No.40231
>>40230Proud of you old wiz, I'll be there one day
No.40235
>>40228Holy hell I actually discovered the original wizardchan 10 years ago. Where has the time gone?
No.40241
where are my fellow anpanman enjoyers? it's easy to understand and the animation is pretty good.
No.40242
>>40241Post clips.
>>39097A depressed adult population is easier to control. A depressed child will never be productive enough to keep the system going.
No.40243
>>40240Maaan, this sounds like a show that came out in the mid 80s, not late 2000s. That's awesome.
No.40245
>>40242you can watch whole episodes of anpanman on internet archive. all i did was google "anpanman watch" and it showed up.
No.40246
>>40245Yeah, but, what's a clip that you think best represents the show?